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Researchers May Have Found Much Better Way to Reduce Polluted Runoff from Construction Sites

"The researchers found, in a measure of the "muddiness" of road runoff, that the BMPs [Best Management Practices] yielded 3,813 nephelometric turbidity units (NTUs) in testing, equating to some rather muddy water, McLaughlin says. Fiber check dams with PAM [polyacrylamide] yielded averages of 34 NTUs, a veritable drink of Perrier in comparison, ..." - excerpt from this Science Blog article.

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